PC and PS4 horror Soma set at the bottom of the sea

Science-fiction horror game Soma is set under the sea, developer Frictional Games has revealed.

"That's right, our next game will be set deep below the water's surface - at the bottom of the sea," Frictional Games co-founder Thomas Grip wrote on the PlayStation Blog.

"It was a decision which came very swiftly," he explained. "Jens, co-founder of Frictional Games, and I sort of decided it on a whim during a meet-up. But it's something that had been brewing inside us for a long time. Most of our earth is covered in ocean, and yet it's something that we know very little about. It is an incredibly hostile environment filled with strange creatures, and it is right on our door step."

Grip continued: "Most of the ocean is devoid of sunlight and inhospitable to us. The differences in pressure between the surface and even a modest depth of 100 meters is enough to turn a human into mush.

"That pressure, that depth, is nothing compared to the true ocean deeps. And as if this isn't enough, the creatures living there seem like they're from another world. Gigantic squid, luminescent fish and creatures that are all mouths and teeth are only the start. If you dive down any distance you enter into a realm of monsters.

"The ocean is an alien world, and we've only scratched the surface. We feel it's the perfect place to explore in a horror game."

Frictional, creator of the Amnesia games, revealed its sea setting with a new video, below. Soma is due out on PC and PlayStation 4 in 2015.